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The Esky Simulator is the perfect choice for those of us who'd rather spend our hard-earned money on RC airplanes and equipment rather than on a flight simulator.

If you're married, then I'm sure you fully understand the importance of spending your "airplane money" wisely!

The Esky Flight Simulator comes with the controller and a CD containing the FMS flight simulator package.

The simple fact that the Esky Flight Simulator controller can be used with the ClearView RC Flight Simulator Demo makes it well worth your money.

The Flying-Model-Simulator (FMS)

The Flying-Model-Simulator(FMS) is actually a free RC simulator. FMS includes RC airplanes, helicopters, and gliders. It also gives you the ability to create your own models and backgrounds that you can share with others!

The great part about FMS is that you can build different types RC airplanes and share them with others! There are tons of cool models available on the web that have been created by others. And you download for them absolutely free! Visit these links for examples.

Graphics

The graphics of FMS obviously are not as stunning or realistic as the more expensive RC flight sims. But they aren't too shabby either!

Click on the screen shots below to enlarge them. You can also see the graphics by downloading the FMS freeware. It's not much fun without the controller, but you can see the graphics.

Perfect for Beginners

The Esky Simulator is perfect for learning control reversal. In my opinion, getting used to control reversal is by far the most difficult aspect of learning to fly RC airplanes.

Control reversal is when everything seems backwards when the airplane is coming towards you as apposed to flying away from you. You have to train your brain to instinctively move the transmitter sticks in the right direction regardless of the orientation of the airplane.

Limitations of FMS

The physics are not nearly as accurate as the more expensive RC simulators. In other words, FMS doesn't do a great job of simulating exactly how your plane will react in the real world environment.

If you're looking for an RC flight simulator to practice precision aerobatics under different wind conditions, or if you want to learn complex 3D maneuvers, then you probably need to consider forking out the dough for RealFlight or FS One.

The Esky Simulator Controller

You may be wondering why in the heck you'd want to pay money for the Esky Simulator if you can download the software for free!

The FMS software really doesn't help prepare you to fly your RC airplane unless you have a controller that gives you the same feel as your actual controller that you will be using to fly your RC airplane. When you buy the Esky Flight Simulator, you are actually paying for the controller.

The Esky Simulator Controller plugs directly into any USB port on your computer. It looks and feels just like the real transmitter you will be using to fly your RC airplane. It even has switches for dual rates, retracts, and an adjustable knob to control the flaps.

The controller that comes with the Esky Flight Simulator also works with the ClearView RC Flight Simulator Demo that you can also download for free! In my opinion, this alone makes the Esky Simulator worth buying

Esky Simulators on eBay

eBay is probably the best place to buy the Esky Flight Simulator. You can easily find one available with shipping for under $30. If you're lucky, you can find it even cheaper. Just be sure you look at the cost of shipping before making a bid. Many times the cost of shipping is more than the actual cost.

Even if you pay $30 bucks, that's a fraction of the cost for RealFlight or FS One! And you will have a controller to use with FMS and ClearView. Not a bad deal!

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